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. 2017 Apr 21;17(1):97.
doi: 10.1186/s12866-017-1011-9.

Effect of ensiled mulberry leaves and sun-dried mulberry fruit pomace on the fecal bacterial community composition in finishing steers

Yan Li  1   2 , Qingxiang Meng  1   2 , Bo Zhou  1   2 , Zhenming Zhou  3   4
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Effect of ensiled mulberry leaves and sun-dried mulberry fruit pomace on the fecal bacterial community composition in finishing steers

Yan Li et al. BMC Microbiol. .

Abstract

Background: Here, we aimed to investigate the effects of ensiled mulberry leaves (EML) and sun-dried mulberry fruit pomace (SMFP) on fecal bacterial communities in Simmental crossbred finishing steers. To this end, the steers were reared on a standard TMR diet, standard diet containing EML, and standard diet containing SMFP. The protein and energy levels of all the diets were similar. Illumina MiSeq sequencing of the V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene and quantitative real-time PCR were used to analyze and detect the fecal bacterial community.

Results: Most of the sequences were assigned to Firmicutes (56.67%) and Bacteroidetes (35.90%), followed by Proteobacteria (1.87%), Verrucomicrobia (1.80%) and Tenericutes (1.37%). The predominant genera were 5-7 N15 (5.91%), CF231 (2.49%), Oscillospira (2.33%), Paludibacter (1.23%) and Akkermansia (1.11%). No significant differences were observed in the numbers of Firmicutes (p = 0.28), Bacteroidetes (p = 0.63), Proteobacteria (p = 0.46), Verrucomicrobia (p = 0.17), and Tenericutes (p = 0.75) populations between the treatment groups. At the genus level, genera classified with high abundance (more than 0.1%) belonged primarily to Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes. Furthermore, no differences were observed at the genus level: 5-7 N15, CF231, Oscillospira, Paludibacter, and Akkermansia (p > 0.05 in all cases), except that rc4-4 was lower in the CON and SMFP groups than in the EML group (p = 0.02). There were no significant differences in the richness estimate and diversity indices between the groups (p > 0.16), and the different diets did not significantly influence most selected fecal bacterial species (p > 0.06), except for Ruminococcus albus, which was higher in the EML group (p < 0.01) and Streptococcus bovis, which was lower in the CON group (p < 0.01) relative to the other groups.

Conclusions: In conclusion, diets supplemented with EML and SMFP have little influence on the fecal bacterial community composition in finishing steers.

Keywords: Ensiled mulberry leaves (EML); Fecal bacteria community composition; Sequencing; Sun-dried mulberry fruit pomace (SMFP).

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Average relative abundance of fecal bacteria in steers fed different diets
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Bar chart showing the relative abundance of fecal bacterial composition at the phylum level
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Venn diagram illustrating the distribution of unique, shared, and common phylotypes among 16S rRNA gene libraries in the three groups
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Weighted (a) and unweighted (b) principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) illustrating relationships among fecal bacterial populations in steers fed different diets
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